Links Between Anxiety and Allergies: Psychobiological Reality or Possible Methodological Bias?

Carpet, Asthma and Allergies – Myth or Reality

Probiotics and allergies: myth or reality?

During the last years, along with the growing knowledge about the role and importance of the intestinal flora, interest remarkably increased in probiotic bacteria supplementation. It has indeed been demonstrated that the intestinal microbiota is very important in the regulation of several functions of the organism, even those far from the gastro-enteric system. Among them, great interest was st...

Possible links between Crohn’s disease and Paratuberculosis

Missing link between aortic wall pathology and aortic diameter: methodological bias or worrisome finding?

Kestelli et al. We carried out the analysis again, between (Mann– Whitney test) and within the groups (Wilcoxon test), classifying patients on the real number of hypometabolic areas they had (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as diffuse hypometabolism). We were not able to demonstrate any statistically significant difference. Moreover, even if the patients in the coronary artery bypass grafting group had a p...

Premenstrual syndrome and anxiety disorders: a psychobiological link.

The term premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has been used for many years to describe disturbances of mood or physical symptoms occurring regularly 7–10 days before menses and remitting during menses. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III-R) included PMS among the ‘proposed Diagnostic Categories Needing Further Study’ under the name of Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (...